Beasley v. Industrial Commission

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal by writ of certiorari, the Court is asked to determine at what point in time a minor claimant is entitled to the probable average monthly wage provided by A.R.S. § 23-1042 entitled “Basis for computing average monthly wage of minor permanently incapacitated.”

The facts are not in dispute. On July 1, 1963, the petitioner, Haskell Beasley, Jr., 17 years old at that time, was injured in an industrial accident when he was shot through the spine. This injury resulted in complete paralysis of both legs. The Commission awarded him temporary total disability…